## Meanings
1. To move continuously around a system and back to the start
2. To spread widely, or to make information spread to many people
3. To pass something around so that many people receive it
4. To move around and talk to different people, especially at a social event

## Examples
- Blood circulates through the body, carrying oxygen to the cells.
- Rumours quickly circulated around the office after the announcement.
- The manager circulated the report to all the staff.
- The host circulated among the guests, greeting everyone.

## Synonyms
- disseminate
- spread

## Derived Forms
- circulatable
- circulation
- circulative
- circulator
- cocirculate
- intercirculate
- miscirculate
- recirculate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: circulō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”).

## AI Etymology
Circulate is borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”). In present-day use, it can mean to move continuously around a system and back to the start, or to spread widely, or to make information spread to many people. Derived formations include circulatable, circulation, circulative, circulator, and cocirculate.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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